Philosophy of Language in Uruguay: Language, Meaning, and Philosophy

The philosophy of language in Uruguay has developed in various directions, with Carlos Vaz Ferreira's analysis of common and argumentative uses expanding to address philosophical questions. Philosophy of Language in Uruguay: Language, Meaning, and Philosophy showcases these explorations and their impact on our understanding of language. Despite its small international presence, Uruguayan philosophy has produced valuable works in this field.

Format: Hardback
Length: 248 pages
Publication date: 15 May 2024
Publisher: Lexington Books

The revitalization of the philosophy of language in Europe and the United States emerged from the need to address perplexities concerning formal disciplines and to work out complexities found within philosophy. In Uruguay, philosophy of language began with Carlos Vaz Ferreira as an analysis of the common and argumentative uses of language but then expanded to address typically philosophical questions. Edited by Carlos Enrique Caorsi and Ricardo J. Navia, Philosophy of Language in Uruguay: Language, Meaning, and Philosophy demonstrates the different directions in which philosophy of language has developed in Uruguay in the last twenty years, giving a representative picture of how philosophical approaches from a linguistic perspective have developed in this Latin American country. Uruguayan philosophy has a very small international presence, but it has long produced works within the philosophical explorations of language that are worthy of being better known. The contributors dissect these explorations through epistemology, linguistics, argumentation, and cognitive sciences to discover how philosophers of language such as Vaz Ferreira have grown to understand the complexities of language and how it affects us today.

Weight: 454g
Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781666960341